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Criminal JusticeDecember 10, 2010
Jury Convicts Three, Acquits Two in Post-Katrina Police Shooting
A federal jury found three New Orleans police officers guilty in the shooting, burning and cover-up of the death of Henry Glover. Two officers were acquitted.
A.C. Thompson
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CitiesJuly 11, 2009
New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes
Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
A.C. Thompson
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LawDecember 26, 2008
NOPD Responds to Nation Investigation
After a report in The Nation revealed how white residents of New Orleans shot at African-American men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city’s police will launch an investigation.
A.C. Thompson
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CitiesDecember 18, 2008
Conyers Responds to Vigilante Revelations
Rep. John Conyers expressed concern and a California activist group called for investigations of vigilante violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
A.C. Thompson
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CitiesDecember 17, 2008
Body of Evidence
Did New Orleans police play a role in the grisly death of Henry Glover?
A.C. Thompson
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CitiesDecember 17, 2008
Katrina’s Hidden Race War
White vigilante justice tore through New Orleans after the storm. But no official investigation has shed light on the violence.
A.C. Thompson
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Climate ChangeApril 19, 2007
Don’t Bet on Offsets
Erasing your “carbon footprint” is tougher than it seems.
A.C. Thompson and Duane Moles
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EnvironmentDecember 2, 2001
War Without End
Allied 'surgical strikes' in Kosovo in 1999 created environmental hotspots yet to cleaned up; the same might happen in Afghanistan.
A.C. Thompson